arendtio

12 ms·

91.
by arendtio 7mo ago
capitalization again. it arrives uninvited, the tidy little soldiers at the start of every sentence. i push them down gently—nothing personal. just… camouflage. confession time. i read the post once. then twice. the em dashes whispered secr
92.
by arendtio 8mo ago
My big issue with Microsoft's AI push is that its solutions are just bad. I tried using Copilot a couple of times, and when it worked, the results were low quality (not even mediocre). And the problem is not that the AI models can&#x27
93.
by arendtio 8mo ago
So now we are waiting for Anthropic to explain to us what Sam agreed to and what they rejected. On the surface, it looks like both rejected 'domestic mass surveillance' and 'autonomous weapon systems', but there seem to
94.
by arendtio 8mo ago
Well, traditionally, there was no Python/pip, JS/npm in Linux development, and for C/C++ development, the package manager approach worked surprisingly well for a long time. However, there were version problems: some Linux dis
95.
by arendtio 8mo ago
> Also: isn't the Arch wiki the new Gentoo wiki? Because that was the wiki early 2000s and, again, I've never used Gentoo! Exactly my thought! 20 years ago, I used Gentoo, and their wiki was the best. Somewhen the Arch wiki app
96.
by arendtio 8mo ago
What bothers me most about YT is that it constantly plays videos with an AI-generated voice. In general, I like AI features and use AI daily to build prototypes, but this feature looks so stupid to me and feels so wrong. I have no problem w
97.
by arendtio 8mo ago
For the people who wonder what this is about. You might want to take a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksVvXONrIo
98.
by arendtio 8mo ago
> and parrot it back I don't like this particular phrase, as it suggests that LLMs are just replicating code. As far as I understand, LLMs can also create new code and algorithms (some better than others). When we think of them as c
99.
by arendtio 9mo ago
Especially in the age of AI tools, I also thought about this a few times. The current idea I have is something like a parking meter. Every expensive transaction (like calling a model) would subtract from the money pool, and every visitor co
100.
by arendtio 9mo ago
One of my favorite recent KDE features: Press Meta+t to design a custom window layout, and later hold Shift while you drag a window to place it in a slot in that layout.
101.
by arendtio 9mo ago
Thanks for the info, but I don't think it answers the question. I mean, you could train a 20-node network on 36 trillion tokens. Wouldn't make much sense, but you could. So I was asking more about the number of nodes / parame
102.
by arendtio 9mo ago
There are some concepts clashing here. I mean, if you let the LLM build a testris bot, it would be 1000x better than what the LLMs are doing. So yes, it is fun to win against an AI, but to be fair against such processing power, you should n
103.
by arendtio 9mo ago
Don't let Alan Kay[1] read that... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alankay
104.
by arendtio 9mo ago
> By scaling up model parameters and leveraging substantial computational resources So, how large is that new model?
105.
by arendtio 9mo ago
There is certainly some truth to this, but why does it have to be black-and-white? Nobody forces you to completely let go of the code and do pure vibe coding. You can also do small iterations.
106.
by arendtio 9mo ago
It is one thing to do that while you have that boss, but something completely different to keep acting that way even when you have a different boss. The more people you have on a team who keep their mouths shut, the less effective it will b
107.
by arendtio 9mo ago
Pretty cool, thank you :-)
108.
by arendtio 9mo ago
> forking is easy, sustaining is hard. That is exactly the point. But it makes sense if you look at it from the other side. When you put in the effort to maintain a project, there have to be boundaries to the social interactions, and whe
109.
by arendtio 9mo ago
So, how much does the galaxy's travel affect the speed of time?
110.
by arendtio 9mo ago
From a syntax perspective, I prefer the component syntax in Vue / Riot, which is HTML-like. That way, the general structure is clear, and you have to learn only the additional directives. As a bonus, syntax highlighting in most editors
111.
by arendtio 9mo ago
I think it depends on size. If the icon is very small, I like the simple ones. If the icon is large, I like the detailed ones. Optimally, you can have an icon with more detailed versions when displayed larger, but it remains the same icon.
112.
by arendtio 9mo ago
A few positives from the design: - You can easily remove the upper part which is hold by magnets - It is very easy to clean that way - You can store the receiver inside the mouse, very handy for transport - It runs on AA batteries, which ho
113.
by arendtio 9mo ago
While I love the Laptops, I still wonder why the 'Precision Wireless Travel Mouse' has the attribute 'Precision' in its name. I never owned another mouse as laggy and imprecise. Its design is good, but its basic mouse fu
114.
by arendtio 9mo ago
So far, the only solution I know is to set a date and stick with it. Trying to find a solution that meets everybody's calendar is rarely worth the effort. First, nobody has time; later, they have other appointments, so in the end it se
115.
by arendtio 9mo ago
Personally, I liked Maya from Sesame for empathic conversations: https://app.sesame.com However, I am not sure this is actually a solution to the (root) problem.
116.
by arendtio 9mo ago
Some people are not allowed to use Linux. At work, I got a fancy MacBook, and as much as I admire the hardware, I despise the MacOS window management. IMHO, it is broken by design, and I wonder how anybody at Apple considers this a good sys
117.
by arendtio 9mo ago
I think Gentoo is very stable, but you have to make use of revdep-rebuild and know what you are doing (meaning: it is easy to shoot yourself in the foot).
118.
by arendtio 9mo ago
I think it is a great learning opportunity, but after using Gentoo for a decade or so, I prefer Arch these days. So if you want to learn more about Linux and its ecosystems, go for it, do it for a few months or years. That said, I haven&#x2
119.
by arendtio 9mo ago
If you are interested in German weather, I can recommend the DWD WarnWetter App. It is so good that the competitors sued when it was free. Now it costs a one-time fee of about 3€.
120.
by arendtio 9mo ago
Thanks for the video. I just bought a RPI5 and was curious if this was a mistake, but after watching the whole 'I love PI' video, I am still okay with my choice. It is good to know that there are other boards with better multi-thr

More ›